Before the iPhone there was…

Level up your on-the-go gaming experience with the REDMAGIC 8S Pro at Create your build at The iPhone revolutionized the smartphone industry and put one in nearly everyone’s pocket. But the iPhone didn’t appear from nowhere - it owes much of its inspiration to the ill-fated Apple Newton. Discuss on the forum: …/ Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. ► GET MERCH: ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: ► SPONSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS: ► EQUIPMENT WE USE TO FILM LTT: ► OUR WAN PODCAST GEAR: FOLLOW US ---------------------------------------------------   Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: TikTok: @linustech Twitch: MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: iTunes Download Link: Artist Link: Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: Listen on Spotify: Artist Link: Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0   Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:04 What IS a Newton? 2:10 Meet the MessagePad 2000 3:44 Surprisingly robust I/O 6:52 Linus learns how to Newton 9:47 Linus gets distracted by games 11:15 Recording a voice memo 11:54 Managing notes and doodling 13:11 It had a real keyboard 15:45 It was never meant for WiFi, but... 18:03 Linus crashes it 18:43 Adding events to the calendar 21:15 There’s a NES emulator... 22:29 It was amazing for the time! 23:51 Why did it fail then? 24:21 Newton’s legacy lives on in the iPhone